We increase the living space of the attic construction with their own hands

Attic with their hands - it's a great opportunity with minimal financial cost to increase the living space in a private home.

Most country houses attic space is a non-residential area and is used either as a storage space for unnecessary things, or even just littered with all sorts of rubbish and waste.

Meanwhile, under certain conditions, it is possible to equip a comfortable and spacious enough room on this area, which is suitable, in particular, and to stay.

This is especially important for a small country house, in which there are always problems with the area.

construction lofts with their own hands can be performed in a relatively short timeframe and for this there is no need to be a professional builder.

main thing - is to have at hand all the necessary material and, accordingly, a tool that is useful in their work.

device attic in the house in the country is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

competently and, above right, you can arrange it, if you abide by the construction technology and carefully monitor every stage of the work.

There are a variety of options for arrangement of the attic, including with built balcony.Its design depends mainly on the shape and characteristics of the roof.

In the photo, which is located below, you can see the options for the attic with balcony.

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Features of construction of the attic roof

any private house has a specific structure and very often it can be used as an attic, having equipped an additional balcony.

This additional area in any case will not be excessive and will find its application.

Meanwhile, to the old private house could equip the attic, check the number of technical points.

First of all, make sure that the foundation of the house with no problems to cope with the extra load.

If there are questions and doubts, it will have to consider further strengthening in order to transfer some of the load from the walls of the attic.

This can be done if the build or equip a special column supports, in addition, in some individual cases, to shift the burden is possible with the strengthening of the foundation.

also should initially determine the future shape of the attic, because of the structure of the external appearance will depend in many respects.

special attention in the design of the attic in an old house should be paid to the state of truss system.

Do not count on the fact that if the roof can withstand the load of roofing, it is easy to cope with the additional load from the attic.

should be remembered that during the construction of the attic in the house in the cottage walls come under greater strain.

This is due mainly to the fact that the rafters change angles, and beams are moved.

is best before taken independently of the construction of the attic in a private house, to discuss its structure and design with professional builders, who have repeatedly carried out similar work.

Change the roof and construction of its roof system should be only after all the necessary drawings calculations, the additional load is defined and implemented will be carried out.

In the photo above you can see the gable roof with loft and balcony.

Choice construction technology

At the moment you can find a lot of different houses in the country, who have clearly distinguished the design of the attic.

should be noted that this additional space to equip more easily if the house is being built from scratch.

In this case, the roof was originally designed under the attic, in addition, selected foundation type and design of the walls, which will be able to cope with the extra load without problems.

If the house has already been built, and its roof was originally not included arrangement of the attic, in this case to be a complex and painstaking work, which mainly will be based on the change of the old roof system at home.

easiest way to convert an attic under the roof gable broken line, construction of which is in this case practically does not undergo changes.

below in the photo you can see a broken gable roof of the house, where neatly arranged attic.

should always bear in mind that whatever the design of roof, construction of additional space in the attic of the house will have on huge load.

Even if a broken gable roof has a design that is best suited for the construction of the attic, it will still need to strengthen due to the installation of additional pillars, which in turn will add to the load of the walls and foundation.

recommended not to carry out the work in the event that the wall of the house rather weak and can not cope with the additional vertical and horizontal load.

technology of erection of additional space in the attic is based, primarily, on the right redistribution of loads throughout the structure in the country house.

Of course, for each individual home, which is planned to conduct the relevant work will be some nuances and subtleties.

learn how to build your own attic, explained in detail in the video, which is available below.

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Change

roofing system device attic suggests that the attic space will change in size as high as wide.

This is due mainly to the fact that the thickness of the walls, ceiling and floor will change due to additional insulation gaskets, as well as a finishing material.

Meanwhile, in the first place, in any case it is necessary to put the safety of the roofing system.

best to sacrifice a certain part of the useful area and further to mount reinforcing beams that prevent the destruction of the carcass.

only quality materials should be used as well, which will be able to easily carry out its functions as intended.

Since after all the necessary construction works in the attic space will be a new living space, wrap the roof most durable roofing material.

In the photo below you can see the metal roofing, which can be used as a roof with an attic of the house.

crates device under the loft is determined based on the type of roofing material.

In that case, if you plan to obscure the roof of a soft type of material, it is best to perform a continuous crate.

In turn, if the roof is Postel related to the hard type of crate have to be made in the Extension.

Raising or changing the roofing system, you must carefully consider the unit of those places, which will be in the window.

addition, it should be defined at the design stage and to the method of fixing the window frames themselves.

Anyway roofing system in its design concept should be easy to cope with its function and freely to withstand a variety of external loads.

device auxiliary members

have any type of attic there are both primary and secondary elements of the design.

Professional builders include the basic elements of the insulation and the rafters and all the supporting structures.

In turn, the second type is referred window frames, door designs and, correspondingly, the drainage system.As a rule, most complexity arises from the arrangement of the windows.

In this case, they have not only convenient, but also the most functional.For mansard roofs suitable window design inclined or vertical types.

The main advantage of an inclined type of windows is that they are able to pass into the interior of the house most of natural light.

However, in winter they can cover snow cover, which in some cases leads to violations of their technical condition.

In turn, the door under the attic should choose the most durable and high-performance insulation.

no doors, no windows in the regeneration of the attic should not be released from its overall performance and interior style.

addition should pay attention to the drainage system and apparatus.Of course, if they are installed vertical design of the window, in this case, the drainage will be performing themselves tides.

If you wish to install windows oblique performance, it is recommended to carefully consider arrangement of trenches, as the quality of their installation will depend largely on whether the moisture gets into the interior of the dwelling.

Attic own hands occupation is not only labor intensive, but difficult in technical terms.

When its construction should pay attention to every detail and carefully consider all the elements of its construction.

The video posted below, you can see how to make the attic is not only correct, but also technically correct.

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Construction insulation

When designing and planning arrangement in the attic of a residential area, it should be borne in mind that on the slopes of the roof will directly affect not only wind loads, and temperature extremes.

This requires that the attic on all sides need to impose tight quality insulation.

This is especially true in the case where as a roofing material selected metal.

Thus, for this purpose perfectly suitable plate made of mineral wool, which have not only a high density but also a sufficient thickness.

In addition, the insulating material has a good environmental performance, but also has tremendous thermal stability.

should also be noted that the thermal insulation of mineral wool has high rates of fire resistance.With these plates easy to operate, and in their installation takes relatively little time.

posted on the video below you can see how an insulation of the attic room in a private home.

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Installing insulation in the attic must be performed in accordance with conventional technology.

With its installation should be mandatory to create a little distance in the space between the roof and the most directly insulation material.

This will allow for effective natural ventilation, and, respectively, and extend the service life of the insulation material.

considered optimal external insulation to the attic space.

In this case, the selected insulation and vapor barrier put directly down on the truss system even before the laying of roofing material will be performed.

This will give you the opportunity to cover the monolithic and avoid during the operation the appearance of so-called thermal bridges.

Despite all this, very often insulation made from the inside of the attic room where a heater is placed between the rafter construction.

Garret gives the possibility to increase the living space of a private house.

Meanwhile, its construction should be carried out in strict accordance with the technology and performance of the relevant work rules.

should carefully consider every detail of its construction and use only high-quality materials.

Video, which is available below will help to build your own attic room in accordance with conventional technology.

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